SRC-Weblog

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Early-December Mid-Week Walking (2012-12-06)

On Thursday, 6th December, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Summerhill Country Park area of Hartlepool. Please meet at
10.30 am at the Visitor Centre {NZ 490 316} - see the following map.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Sunday Walking to Slapewath (and Meal)

On Sunday, 2nd December, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the North-Eastern area of the North York Moors. All walks will start from Gerrick Moor {NZ 705 119} and finish in Slapewath {NZ 642 158} - see the following map.

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Late-November Mid-Week Walking (2012-11-29)

On Thursday, 29th November, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Flatts Lane area of Redcar & Cleveland. Please meet at
10.30 am at Flatts Lane Country Park {NZ 552 166} - see the following map.

Monday, 19 November 2012

Sunday Walking: Circular walks from Osmotherley

On Sunday, 25th November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three circular walks in the Osmotherley area of the North York Moors. All walks will start and finish in Osmotherley {SE 456 972} - see the following map.

Thursday, 15 November 2012

SPECIAL EVENT:David Rodway Slide Show

On Thursday, 22nd November, Stockton Rambling Club has a special event organised. This will take the form of a slide show which will be given by David Rodway. The title of the presentation is "Upper Swaledale".

This event will take place at Stockton Library {NZ 446 193} and will commence at 7:00 pm. The admission fee
is £2-00 and this will include tea/coffee.

For further details on this event please contact Bill McTimoney on 01740-644347.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Mid-November Mid-Week Walking (2012-11-21)

On Wednesday, 21st November, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Ladgate Lane area of Acklam. Please meet at 10.30 am at the Nature's World car park
{NZ 496 157} - see the following map.

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

A-Walking: from Chop Gate to Ingleby Cross

Our three walks on Sunday, 11th November all started at Chop Gate and finished in Ingleby Cross. The A-walk was led by Jeff Hunt (pictured below). There were seven members in the group.

From our starting location near the Village Hall we had a muddy climb up to the south-going footpath at {SE 556 991}. From here we headed south down Bilsdale to reach Orterly Farms, Low Crookleith Farm, Low Crookleith Farm, Beacon Guest, Stable Home, Low Mill and Fangdale Beck.

At Fangdale Beck we changed to a westerly bearing and followed a public footpath that took us up onto Limestone Ridge. As we climbed, we had some good views of Bilsdale Transmitting Station on our right. We continued our westerly trek until we reached a track junction at {SE 547 952}. Now changing to a south-westerly bearing, we made our way to Low Thwaites, Blow Gill and Lane House - where we had a short lunch-stop.

From our lunch-stop location, we headed south along a minor road to reach a public footpath at {SE 528 931}. We followed this towards Cow Wath and then travelled in a north-westerly direction to reach Far House, Lower Locker Farm, Dale Head and the minor road at {SE 488 955} - near Robinson's Cross.

Continuing our north-westerly trek, we made our way to Corner Square where we joined the Cleveland Way (CW) long-distance footpath. We followed this in a westerly direction through Oak Dale in order to reach Osmotherley. We stopped here for a quick cup-of-tea before continuing along the CW to its junction with the Coast-to-Coast (C2C) long-distance path at {SE 454 986}. Now following the route of the C2C, we made our way through South Wood to Park House, Arncliffe Hall and the A172 road at {NZ 450 005}. After crossing this road, our route led us to the Blue Bell Inn in Ingleby Cross where our coach was waiting to transport us home.

A selection of some of the photos that were taken during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:

Monday, 5 November 2012

Sunday Walking to Ingleby Cross

On Sunday, 11th November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Bilsdale area of the North York Moors. All walks will start in Chop Gate {SE 559 993} and finish in Ingleby Cross {NZ 449 006} - see the following map.

Walking the Berwickshire Coastal Path

The original route of the Berwickshire Coastal Path (BCP) ran between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Coldingham and took in St Abbs, Eyemouth and Burnmouth - a distance of 17 miles. The route has recently been extended in a northerly direction to take in St Abb's Head and Pease Bay. Now covering a distance of 28 miles, the new route finishes in Cockburnspath and links up with the Southern Upland Way.

Some years ago (in August, 2005), I followed the route of the original BCP in a south-to-north direction - after a climb up Ben Nevis two days previously! More recently (October, 2012), Jane and I did the route in the opposite direction - starting in Coldingham and finishing in Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Although the weather was not quite as nice as it was on my summer (August) expedition, the winter (October) trek was extremely enjoyable - but, in some places, a little muddy under-foot. The weather was kind to us (it didn't really rain - just a bit at the start!) and the scenery was spectacular. What an experience! We hope to return next summer and do
the complete new 28-mile route from Berwick to Cockburnspath.

A selection of some of the photos that we took during our recent (2012) Berwickshire walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the appropriate pink button below. Some of the 2005 photos are also available for viewing.

Credits:Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.